Election kaleidoscope through 1964 politics and votes
A long analysis of presidential prospects with Lyndon Johnson Nixon Humphrey and Rockefeller, peeking at Wallace as a factor. It notes Nevada congressman sway, possible Wallace surge, and the risk of no candidate reaching 270 electoral votes. House of Representatives would decide among Humphrey Nixon and Wallace.
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Wallace
South
Christian Science Monitor
Nixon
Humphrey
House of Representatives
U.S
Missing card scandal hits Pioneer Club in Las Vegas
Nevada Gaming Control Board agents padlocked the Pioneer Club in downtown Las Vegas at 9 30 p m alleging blackjack decks lacked ten face cards. The probe follows a closed hearing and hints of a security leak within the gaming agency as questions arise about who tipped off officials.
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Pioneer Club
Las Vegas
Howdy Pardner
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Vegas Boulevard South
William S. Parrish
Richard Dean
Pioneer
Johnson Thieu to End Vietnam Peace Talks Early
In Honolulu at the Pacific headquarters above Pearl Harbor, President Johnson and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu will wrap up their war and peace conference sooner than planned. Officials said the leaders would finish late yesterday or early today, aiming to complete full discussions of central problems. A communique was expected soon.
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Honolulu
UPI
Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Thieu
Prisoners Freed After Viet Cong Captivity in Delta
Allied troops freed 34 prisoners of war found chained in an open field in the Mekong Delta about 22 miles from Can Tho. Several village officials and 13 women were among those released after up to two years in Viet Cong captivity. A larger weapons cache was uncovered nearby, including 284 rounds of rockets, 200 sticks of dynamite, and 10 automatic weapons.
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Saigon
API
Mekong Delta
21St Infantry Division
Can Tho
Visiting Ambulance Driver Admits Slaying
Nevada GOP delegates pledged to open uncommitted status for the National Convention as Gov. Paul Laxalt reaffirmed the open delegate pledge. UPI poll suggested 10 for Nixon and two for Rockefeller on the first ballot, while delegates and TIME and Newsweek polls showed leaning or committed positions. Laxalt and ten Western governors had promised uncommitted status at a Las Vegas meeting last spring, though the factional balance shifted with defections since.
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Miami
United Press International
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
the Sun
Nixon
Rockefeller
TIME
Newsweek
Laxalt
Las Vegas
Honolulu ambulance driver confesses to murder in Las Vegas
Moses Kameenui, an Honolulu ambulance driver jailed in Ann Arbor on forgery charges, confessed to killing Bernadette Fay Kameeni in Las Vegas on July 8. He said after the quarrel at a Strip hotel bar he drove to the desert and buried her body. She was seven months pregnant with her fourth child. Sheriff Ralph Lamb confirmed the confession and noted the victim was 21 with three children.
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Moses Kameenui
Honolulu
Hawaii
Ann Arbour
Mich
Ann Arbor
Kameenui
Michigan City
Bernadette Fay Kameeni
Ralph Lamb
Las Vegas
Lamb
Ray arrives in Memphis for MLK murder arraignment
James Earl Ray, wearing bullet proof gear, was flown from London to Memphis and transported under heavy guard to the city jail for an arraignment on charges tied to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A large security perimeter was set, with deputies, snipers, and armored vehicles present as Ray lands and is placed in a cooled cell.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
London
Ray
Arthur Hanes Sr
Birmingham
Hanes
Lincoln Heath
Millington Naval Air Station
FBI
Jackson
Miss
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Clear and partly cloudy in the afternoon with gentle morning winds. Today’s high 110 and low 75, yesterday’s high 105 and low 76. Noontime humidity 12 percent. Sunrise 5 38 and sunset 7 55.
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